Man Cave Essentials

This entry was posted on March 25, 2014 by Kiralee Pendlebury.

A man cave is a metaphor describing a room or space within the home property that provides sanctuary or a retreat for the man of the house, and is designed according to his taste to be used as his personal area for hobbies and leisure activities. In fact well planned man caves have been proven to add significant emotional value to a house!

Make sure you consider all these man cave essentials when planning your man cave.

To create a man cave you need to:

Choose your space for your man cave - a room inside or outside of the house is required, such as a bedroom, media room, office, garage, shed or tool room. Stand inside your space and visualise your man cave.

A garage with a Games Room Theme

Choose your man cave theme - a favourite hobby, sport, music or passion will be used as inspiration to decorate the man cave. Be as creative as you want to be. Here are just a few ideas:

Choose your accessories and furniture - Man caves can be equipped with an exciting array of to accessories that please the resident male/s, such as refrigerators, giant TVs, entertainment centres, surround sound, games, bars and alcohol. Other things to consider when creating the perfect man cave is furniture such as recliners, home theatre chairs, bar stools, bars and games such as pool tables, dart boards, table tennis, poker and card tables.

Choose your lighting - creates the ambiance you want for your man cave. There are many cool options available such as pendant, recessed and cupboard lighting.

Get dimensions - You will find dimensions on each product so you can include them in your plans.

Draw up your plans - Get out your tape measure and a piece of graph paper and measure out your space. Make sure you get every nook and cranny including windows and stairs.

Arrange your man cave - Work out the details such as where you will put furniture, TV, bar etc.

Help - Now enlist the help of friends and family. For the hard stuff such as electrical and plumbing hire a licensed contractor.

A very entertaining post Kiralee but the options are limitless. It is a great way to utilise extra space such as a basement or spare room. It all depends on how you choose to utilise it of course and the amount of space you have. Do you think it is worth considering professional help in the design and action phases? These are some really interesting ideas.